This is simply a day outing to Lyme Regis.

For those of you interested in the Jurassic period, you might like to visit Dinosaurland with its comprehensive displays of local fossils, geological specimens and models of dinosaurs or the Town Museum where there are also collections. For the more mobile, a walk along to Monmouth Beach might appeal, and a search to see the large ammonites embedded in the rocks there.

For history enthusiasts, there are ‘Blue Plaque’ town trails linked to a guidebook called ‘ Signs of History’ The metal information plaques were set up on historical buildings and locations in 1984 to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Lyme’s Royal Charter.

For those with a literary inclination, a walk along the Cobb will no doubt stir memories of Jane Austen’s character Louisa Musgrove and her jump and fall from the steps and of the filming of John Fowles’novel ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’

These are just a few of Lyme’s attractions. In short the attractive little town has something for everyone but, if we are blessed with good weather, a deckchair on the sea front, the sea air and snooze in the sun might be enough!

Bletchley Park was once Britain’s best kept secret. The mission of its code breakers was to crack Germany’s coded communications such as those sent via the German Enigma machine. Our visit is designed to give some explanation of the very complex work done here which produced the vital intelligence so important in shortening the second World War.

The visit will be in two parts. Before lunch, our guide will take us on a tour around the outside of the wartime buildings in the grounds, explaining the history of the site, its codebreaking activities and what went on at each key location. This part lasts about one and a quarter hours.

There will then be a break for lunch of about an hour. There is an outside seating area where visitors are welcome to picnic. The Galley Restaurant serves a range of food but may become busy at lunchtimes in the summer.

After lunch we will visit Block-B exhibition centre, opened in 2004 and housed within one of the wartime buildings, it tells the complete Bletchley Park story. It houses the Abwehr Enigma machine, Lorenz machine, Bombe Rebuild, Home front exhibition, and much more. The tour will also include a visit to the rebuild of Colossus, the world’s first semi-programmable electronic computer. This tour lasts one and a half to two hours.

Time permitting, the tour is rounded off with an opportunity to visit the gift shop or maybe to look at an exhibit in more detail.

This visit does involve both indoor and outdoor activities and the site is extensive. Sensible clothing and footwear is advised to ensure a safe and enjoyable visit.( a limited number of manual wheelchairs are available for hire but these must be booked in advance.

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